Matthew 10:33 (WEB)
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
Catechism · 1
“Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for salvation: "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 10:32-33.
Fathers and councils · 31
Augustine of Hippo
“Ever, my brother, in such cases, it behoves with fear to recollect, “Whoso shall deny Me before men, I will deny him before My Father which is in heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33
Read the whole comment“Hence it is said, “Whosoever shall be ashamed of Me before men, of him will I be ashamed before My Father.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33; Luke ix. 26.
Read the whole comment“Watch therefore thyself whether there be in thee shamelessness; be thou boldfaced, when thou hearest a reproach concerning Christ; yea be boldfaced.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33; Luke ix. 26.
Read the whole commentChapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disciples, Giving Them Power to Work Cures, and Charged Them with Many Instructions, Directing Them…
Read the whole comment“…was also the physician of minds, “If any one shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven, and before the angels of God,” amidst maledictions and reproaches, and most grievous persecutions and cruel punishments, were not deterred from the preaching of human salvation by the noise…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33.
Read the whole comment“He had given them, therefore, as He said, the words which the Father gave Him; but when at length they received them spiritually, not in an outward way with their ears, but inwardly in their hearts, then they truly received them, for then they truly knew them; and they truly knew them, because they truly believed.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33.
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Tertullian
“He, moreover, affirms also that to no man is the Father known, but to His Son; and promises that, as the Son of the Father, He will confess those who confess Him, and deny those who deny Him, before His Father.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment““Him who will confess Me, I also will confess before My Father.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment“But “whosoever shall be ashamed of Me in the presence of men, of him will I too be ashamed,” says He, “in the presence of my Father who is in the heavens.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33; Mark viii. 38; Luke ix. 26; 2 Tim. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment““Whosoever,” says He, “shall be ashamed of me, of him will I also be ashamed.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33, Mark viii. 38, and Luke ix. 26.
Read the whole comment“Our Lord has declared that we are “better than many sparrows:” well, if not better than many a phœnix too, it were no great thing.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33.
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Jerome
“Matt. x. 22–34.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“And farther on: “Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father, Who is in heaven, but he who shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father, Who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 32, 33.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“‘Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven, but whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven.’” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For that it is a very great crime which persecution has compelled to be committed, they themselves know who have committed it; since our Lord and Judge has said, “Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven; but whosoever shall deny me, him will I also deny.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment“…all that debt, because thou desiredst me,” so it is written, “Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father and before His angels.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33; Luke xii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And in the Gospel the Lord says, “Whosoever shall deny me, him will I deny.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33.
Read the whole comment“And therefore in the Gospel He threatens, and says: “Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment“And he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
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John Chrysostom
“…of what we have sinned willingly, and what against our will:—for “whosoever shall deny me,” saith He, “before men, him will I also deny before my Father:”—and surely such a denial is against our will; but nevertheless it doth not escape punishment, but of it too we have to give account:—both of what we know, and…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 33.
Read the whole comment“But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 32, 33.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.” — editor's note: St. Matt. x. 32, 33.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord having banished that fear which haunted the minds of His disciples, adds further comfort in what follows, not only casting out fear, but by hope of greater rewards encouraging them to a free proclamation of…
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This He says in conclusion, because it behoves them after being confirmed by such teaching, to have a confident freedom in confessing God.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
Here is to be understood that confession of which the Apostle speaks, “With the heart men believe unto justification, with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” [Rom 10:10] That none therefore might suppose…
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This teaches us, that in what measure we have borne witness to Him upon earth, in the same shall we have Him to bear witness to us in heaven before the face of God the Father.
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Here observe that the punishment is manifold more than the evil done, and the reward more than the good done. As much as to say, your deed was more abundant in confessing or denying Me here; so shall My deed to you…
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It should be known that not even Pagans can deny the existence of God, but the infidels may deny that the Son as well as the Father is God. The Son confesses men before the Father, because by the Son we have access…
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And thus He will deny the man that hath denied Him, in that he shall not have access to the Father through Him, and shall be banished from seeing either the Son of the Father in their divine nature.
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He not only requires faith which is of the mind, but confession which is by the mouth, that He may exalt us higher, and raise us to a more open utterance, and a larger measure of love. For this is spoken not to the…
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Or, He confesses Jesus who by that faith that worketh by love, obediently fulfils His commands; he denies Him who is disobedient.
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Cross-references · 23
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Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 5.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 30.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.4.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 13.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 9.
Cited together in The City of God V.14.
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